Since I saw that MAC
arrived to Look Fantastic I had to
open an extra tab on Chrome
to compare the prices with the ones from the Spanish MAC Cosmetics, since Portugal doesn’t deserve an online
store (yes, I’m salty).

Two things were clear: the individual shadows that
cost 14€in store where 7€ on the LF site, and the 15 pre made palettes were
59€, opposite of the ones we find in sore for 122€.

My first thought was to fill my cart with everything
that my bank account could manage because miracles like these don’t happen every
day… But then I remembered Nars. As
you know, Nars arrived at Portugal
on the begging of the month and I’m just waiting for a 20% discount to get a
couple of things, including the Nars Loaded Eeshadow Palette(whishlist here!).

No one needs so many warm eyeshadow palettes, right? Therefore,
I search blogs looking for answers. Finally, I ended up following what Temptalia, the queen of the blogging
world on the matter and picked the Warm
Neutral Palette from MAC.

What can I say about this baby? It comes with 15 full
size warm shades. Four of them are permanent, other four are repromotes and the
rest are brand new shades. All of them are pigmented with the exception of Vanilla Extract and Honey Lust. This is an excellent palette;
all the shades have a god longevity and blend easily with almost no fallout.
Nevertheless, I wish it had another matte, just a simple transition shade
lighter than Saddle and darker than Brule. Since I usually have my Benefit Cheek Parade on top of my
vanity, I end up using Hoola Lite as
a transition shade and it works just fine.

If you’re familiar with MAC shadows, then you know that you can buy then in pots or pans,
and you can store the last ones on palettes sold separately. I love this system
of creating your own life palette, since we are customizing something that is
going to inspired us to be creative. So, an issue that left me a bit iffy on
getting this palette was the fact that these shadows don’t move. We can’t
exchange them for other eyeshadows that you may already own and we can’t move
them to another palette. However, now that I have it with me I’m not too
bothered, especially since I like the colour disposition, but I’m not going to
lie, the versatility would be very much appreciated.

Dance in the Dark– Castanho escuro
com subtom frio de acabamento Mate. Como conseguem ver na foto, esta cor
é suuuper patchy, mas felizmente nos olhos não se comporta assim. It’s a dark, cool-toned brown with a Matte
finish. As you can see on the photo, this shade is reeeeeally patchy, but luckily,
it doesn’t perform like that on the eyes.

Honey Lust – Pêssego com reflexos bronze de acabamento Lustre.
É pena que a cor central da palete seja a pior, ela é super glitery e por isso
foi muito prensada, quase que tenho que espetar o pincel para conseguir ter
sombra nele, e para piorar, fiquei um fallout
horrível. Peach with bronze reflex with a Lustre finish. It’s a shame
that the central shade in the palette is the worst one. It’s super glittery and
because of that it was pressed very hard into the pan… I need to stab the pan
with my brush to get any colour, and to make things worse, this has major
fallout.

Amber Lights – Cobre acastanhado vibrante e cheio de brilho
com acabamento Frost. Adoro esta cor, ao ponto de já a ter no formato single, é cremosa e pigmentada, parece líquida
quando a aplicamos na pele. It’s a vibrant, warm-toned, coppery brown with a Frost
finish. I love this colour so much that I have it in a single form. It’s very
pigmented and buttery to the point where it looks wet on the skin.

Saddle– Castanho meio
laranja, meio dourado de acabamento Mate.
Esta é uma cor de culto da MAC e
finalmente percebo o porquê. Adoro a textura, a cor e a forma como esfuma. Golden orange brown with a Matte
finish. ” This is a cult favourite from MAC
and I can finally understand why. I love the texture, the colour and the way it
blends.

Moral of the story, 2 days after I made my purchase, Look Fantastic updated their prices and
this palette is now on sale for 85€. Would you get this one instead of the Nars one? Do you like MAC eyeshadows?